Guest Lectures
Online Guest Lectures were arranged by ZCOMS and were attended by students and Faculty of ZCOMS and open to the public. They were well received and generated good feedback.
Production Design- Guest Speaker Session
Guest Speaker: Namsa Abbasi
Namsa Abbasi is a production designer with 13 years of experience, having worked on 2 feature films (Moor and The Legend of Maulajat), over a hundred commercials for leading brands and music videos.She discussed the importance of design in film making, her experience in the industry, challenges, triumphs and the passion it takes to keep at it.
Queen of Rain
To showcase musical talents of students, ZCOMS has initiated a series of music productions by the name of “MuZCOMS”The first production, “Queen of Rain” was a tribute to Marie Fredriksson, lead vocalist of Roxette who passed away on December 9, 2019.The song was produced and performed by the students of ZCOMS.
Online Guest Speaker Session
Guest Speaker: Shaikh Mawlana Kamaluddin Ahmed
Shaikh Mawlana Kamaluddin Ahmed is a qualified Islamic scholar and university academic in the field of Islamic Studies, specializing in Qur’an, Hadith, law, history, spirituality and ethics. He is currently a Doctoral Fellow in Islamic Intellectual History at the University of Oxford.
The topic of his lecture was God, Design & Quran.
Online Guest Speaker Session
Guest Speaker: Farhan Ali Siddiqui
Farhan Ali Siddiqui is an artist, brand director, GFX and logo designer. Currently working with Luminous Advertising Agency, Farhan brings an array of diverse experiences with names such as TV One, BOL TV Network and Geo Network.
In his lecture, he spoke about use of basic principles in advanced design.
Online Guest Speaker Session
Guest Speaker: Nida Lakhani
Nida Lakhani is producer at Seeme Productions, a renowned production house and has over 8 years of production experience of reality shows, talk shows and TV commercials in Pakistan and abroad.
She spoke about the role of the producer in different settings and challenges faced by the team in execution of projects. She also highlighted key areas where new generation of media graduates can pursue careers in.
Interactive Guest Speaker Session
Guest Speaker: Namsa Abbasi
Namsa Abbasi is a production designer with 13 years of experience, having worked on 2 feature films (Moor and The Legend of Maulajat), over a hundred commercials for leading brands and music videos.
She discussed the importance of design in film making, her experience in the industry, challenges, triumphs and the passion it takes to keep at
DICE-CAM 2019 Winner
ZCOMS’ student, Maryam Qureshi’s documentary, “Black Water”, won Best Documentary award along with a cash prize of Rs. 100,000 at DICE-CAM 2019.
All the students, staff and faculty at ZCOMS congratulate Maryam for this achievement and wish her all the best in her future endeavors.
Interactive Guest Speaker Session
ZCOMS arranged an interactive guest speaker session with Ali Amir on October 9, 2019. Mr. Ali Amir is an accomplished business leader having 25 years of rich and impactful commercial experience in diverse markets of Middle East and Southeast Asia. His diverse experience in Pakistan includes working with Tapal, McDonald’s and Unilever to name a few. His current assignment is as Head of Marketing, Almarai Dairy Beverages. Almarai is world’s largest vertically integrated company and No. 1 FMCG in GCC region.
He shared his insightful experiences at different stages of his career and also emphasized the growing importance of marketing in the field of Media Sciences.
The session was highly appreciated by the students who asked several questions after the talk.
Annual Beach Trip
ZCOMS arranged a fun-packed picnic at Turtle Beach to welcome new students and farewell graduating students. Attended by the students and alumni, the trip was full of enjoyment and included delicious food, DJ music and acoustic session with the talented students.